Yoram’s
dissection of this week’s photographs is his slapdash opinion.
To me it appears that he is making simplistic statements about a
field he is currently studying. According to his website, he
hasn’t been doing photography all that long, and yet here he is
trying to analyze the vision of others.
It
has been my experience that good photographers dissemble their
views of the world around them. Most hold their best
conversations through their images. Through the Photoforum
Gallery there is an opportunity to read a photographer’s real
intentions as there is no jurying here. I feel that submitting
work here has the potential for educating others and displaying
my shifting passions in photography. Some members here
steadfastly refuse to see anything other than the obvious in any
of the images displayed, often including their own. Photography
is still an art where one has to read a photograph to discover
the intention of its maker.
During
my life I have watched various photographers work in their
studios or on location and to be in the presence of art being
created is always a joy to behold even if the photographer is
shooting something I wouldn’t shoot. To whom am I referring?
This is a partial list: Ansel Adams, Dick Avedon, Arnold Newman,
Steve Szabo, Eliot Erwitt, Andrew Davidhazy, Walker Evans, David
Plowden, Jodi Cobb, Palma Allen, Ken Regan, Howard Baker, Dvid
Hume Kennerly, Dirck Halstead, David Burnett, Larry Fink, John
Eley, Len Rizzi, Patrice Gilbert, Dennis Brack, Paul Conklin,
Neil Liefer, and others too numerous to mention. I am no longer
young and what do I have to show for it? I have a certain vision
of the world and being a photographer has definitely widened my
horizons.
Rather
than let Yoram slice up photographs he may not understand, my
suggestion would be that he save up some dough and take a trip
to Maine this summer for a workshop in photography on the topic
of his choice. The same is true for the others here who hack
away at the photographs like bad golfers. Learn more and think
about what you’re going to criticize before you do so. I rarely
give a flying fig about criticism and that is mostly because as
noted I am no longer young and my skin is now very thick.
Before
you begin a criticism with “Sorry, it is just another...” try a
little harder to imagine what creating something from within
takes, and then apply that thought to your own vision. I think
Randy’s shot this week shows incredible perception and great
skill in just seeing that scene with enough foresight to record
it in all its glory. It’s the kind of shot I’d like to see on LF
film and also the kind of shot which diminishes the power of a
NEX 7. It’s an image worthy of a painter named Alfred Bierstadt.
Jan
On Mar 17, 2013, at 12:51 AM, YGelmanPhoto wrote:
This week's collection is much more eclectic than usual
-- probably due to the scramble to get something in after
being told than Nothing was in the pot! Anyway, here's my
take.
-yoram
On Mar 16, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Andrew Davidhazy wrote:
The PhotoForum members'
gallery/exhibit space was updated March 16, 2013. Authors
with work now on display at: http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html
include:
Andrew Sharpe - Bixby Park,
Palo Alto, California
I don't understand what I'm looking at.
Emily L. Ferguson - Reaching
The tree is strong but it's just
standing there -- not participating in anything. . . like a
sailboat race perhaps??
Yoram Gelman - Tracks Over
Hill
My own . . . I see I overdid the
vignetting in the sky.
Art Faul -
Sorry, to me it is another car with a
composited pattern.
John Palcewski - Round Two
At first, it's an interesting dynamic
with the sparse audience staring at the woman while the
trainer seems to be looking for help. But the graphic
behind the number '2' on the sign makes it a junk photo for
me. And don't try telling me it's a silhouette of a boxing
glove.
Allan Rosen-Ducat -
I guess you could call it an abstract image.
Saying that the straight line is a contrail does not add.
Randy Little -
The image is what it is. To me there had
to be a lot of "retouching". The claim of "ZERO retouching
only dodge and burn and and some minor CC" is
self-contradictory.
Christopher Strevens - my
other hobby
This could be the only honest photo in the
whole bunch this week. My eye is drawn to every device on
the table, trying to figure it out. Extreme simplicity with
complex overtones. (Sounds like I'm trying to describe some
wine.)
Art Faul
The
Artist Formerly Known as Prints
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